“I’m extremely excited to be continuing the work of the Chicagoist, an integral local platform for Chicago news, events and entertainment,” Chance said in a statement. “WNYC’s commitment to finding homes for the ‘ist’ brands, including Chicagoist, was an essential part of continuing the legacy and integrity of the site. I look forward to relaunching it and bringing the people of Chicago an independent media outlet focused on amplifying diverse voices and content.” (The links in the lyrics are added by me, so you know that Rauner is the Illinois governor, etc.)

Chance and his management became aware of David’s piece via the repost on Snapchat Discover and subsequently told MTV, amid high level negotiations for linear specials, that he was never working with MTV again because of it. M&T [the network’s Music & Talent division] asked us to unpublish and scrub it from social media as they attempt to repair this with him and his management. It is upsetting for obvious journalistic reasons — we stand behind everything we publish.

After Mary Mitchell wrote a column about his then-ongoing child support dispute, Chance posted a video to Instagram telling the Sun-Times to “get the fuck back.” His fans tried to organize a boycott of our newspaper. https://t.co/bJnZeoGuTs

Chicagoist × Chance will have to find a space among the city’s existing independent media outlets, like City Bureau, Block Club Chicago, and the re-emerging Chicago Reader. (The Reader is now under new ownership after the Sun-Times sold it to a group led by the publisher of the African American-focused Chicago Crusader in the fallout from its “African-American thing” flap.) Folks in Chicago’s independent media scene tell me it’s not clear if Chance’s representatives reached out to existing local journalism outlets on the ground — I’m guessing Crain’s and the Sun-Times aren’t high on his list.